IMSA Race Laguna Seca 2018 - Page 2

**joeb** · 9 Sep 2018, 22:54 (Ref:3849099)

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Originally Posted by TF110

#55 putting in some fast times. 3 in a row after that safety car up front.

Tincknel checked out. How will they mess this up?

**joeb** · 9 Sep 2018, 22:58 (Ref:3849100)

What's smoking on the Esm car???

broadrun96 · 9 Sep 2018, 23:01 (Ref:3849102)

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Originally Posted by joeb

What's smoking on the Esm car???

Rear deck broken, contact with Yaccaman. Cleared and back on track

Penalty on Yac

broadrun96 · 9 Sep 2018, 23:03 (Ref:3849103)

Don't look now but Mazda isn't broken YET

**joeb** · 9 Sep 2018, 23:06 (Ref:3849105)

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Don't look now but Mazda isn't broken YET

I'm currently paused to eat dinner. I'm not looking at my phone till I catch up

broadrun96 · 9 Sep 2018, 23:06 (Ref:3849106)

Braun says I'll see your extra weight and split classes and raise you fast laps and possible lead going in to Petit

broadrun96 · 9 Sep 2018, 23:15 (Ref:3849108)

Sorry joeb, Yac attacks again.

Upon further review they've both blamed Tincknell for being aggressive and RC says same thing

broadrun96 · 9 Sep 2018, 23:23 (Ref:3849109)

John Paul Montana seems like he's forgotten the boss will for him for hitting the teammates. Although Ricky has said screw this now and pulled a gap a bit.

Ferrari333SP · 9 Sep 2018, 23:43 (Ref:3849110)

Great drive from Parente in the Acura

broadrun96 · 9 Sep 2018, 23:44 (Ref:3849111)

Wow, driving standards have been a bit light today at times. Some might say optimistic, but that was a tough spot for Ricky to try that pass and it bit him

broadrun96 · 9 Sep 2018, 23:55 (Ref:3849116)

After it settled down and everyone decided to stop making big collisions the order of the day it became a decent race. Seems like a good balance among the cars in the classes, although I'm thinking there will be fuel changes to some cars coming up before Petit. Every time someone wins in a fuel run IMSA decides to adjust the loads but it seems like a couple drivers were better today, not better fuel mileage for some cars

**joeb** · 10 Sep 2018, 01:13 (Ref:3849123)

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

Sorry joeb, Yac attacks again.

Upon further review they've both blamed Tincknell for being aggressive and RC says same thing

That was on Harry. No need to push it, could have been an easy win

MaskedRacer · 10 Sep 2018, 12:37 (Ref:3849184)

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Originally Posted by joeb

That was on Harry. No need to push it, could have been an easy win

Avoidable for sure like the other contacts especially at the start. Worst race of the year overall. Coverage on FOX was bad. GTLM got almost no coverage at all. Horrible driving standards of course. The only good thing was the great GTD battle in the final hour. Alvardo Parente might have earned the title of best GT driver on the planet at this point in time.

Coach Ep · 11 Sep 2018, 02:01 (Ref:3849284)

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Originally Posted by joeb

That was on Harry. No need to push it, could have been an easy win

Rumor has it Ticknell is loosing his ride for the Petit over it...

ATLFalconsFAN · 11 Sep 2018, 23:18 (Ref:3849510)

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Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Rumor has it Ticknell is loosing his ride for the Petit over it...

Ha ha, you got me there for a second. I was thinking, man, that's a harsh punishment. Then I remembered there are these things called schedule clashes.

pach233 · 12 Sep 2018, 12:15 (Ref:3849609)

Finally caught up with the race via YouTube. Terribly disjointed start but then a very interesting last 90 minutes. Outside of the unnecessary crash damage, I didn't dislike the race as much as others seemed to.

Really happy for all three winners. Hopefully 4 wins in 2 years is enough to help ESM get some funding for that program (c'mon Nismo, the ROI seems to be there). Obviously biased in GTLM, but it's good to see BMW with some good results after an awful beginning of the year. Finally, real happy for the Meyer-Shank guys to be rewarded after working so hard to keep the car going for the season.

Shame for Ticknell and Mazda, that was a sure win thrown away. Overall much better from Mazda this year.

broadrun96 · 12 Sep 2018, 12:18 (Ref:3849611)

The problem is those good results are because of the guy who's leaving the team, so much less return now it would seem

Coach Ep · 12 Sep 2018, 14:23 (Ref:3849637)

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

The problem is those good results are because of the guy who's leaving the team, so much less return now it would seem

Agreed Derani is one of their biggest assets but it also shows the team is capable of pulling off results like this and that can't be a bad thing!

As far as star drivers are concerned: JDC and Core have proven they're are other very capable drivers out there, the next Derani is already ranking up miles somewhere, just have to give one or two guys a break. And they'll be cheaper than Pipo as well.

No matter what, it was the best promotion ESM could get out of the weekend, they couldn't have asked for more so here's hoping it'll help 'm putting together a 2019 campaign.

TF110 · 12 Sep 2018, 22:45 (Ref:3849738)

Sad for Mazda. A win at Mazda raceway Laguna Seca would be a huge thing for them. Maybe they'll win Petit.

broadrun96 · 12 Sep 2018, 23:50 (Ref:3849747)

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Originally Posted by TF110

Sad for Mazda. A win at Mazda raceway Laguna Seca would be a huge thing for them. Maybe they'll win Petit.

WeatherTech Raceway now, Mazda left a while back. Same as they took their money and signage away at Road Atlanta a few years ago

TF110 · 15 Sep 2018, 01:52 (Ref:3850202)

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WeatherTech Raceway now, Mazda left a while back. Same as they took their money and signage away at Road Atlanta a few years ago

I need to keep up on these things

broadrun96 · 15 Sep 2018, 02:17 (Ref:3850213)

It didn't really work other than TV guys, think we all called it Laguna Seca, just like Mosport not some acronym

Akrapovic · 15 Sep 2018, 10:25 (Ref:3850291)

I think it was Marshal Pruett told a story about how he always called it "Laguna Seca". It was his childhood track or something. When he was talking to a guy from Mazda, just generally chatting away in the paddock, the guy got really annoyed that he wasn't calling it "Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca", even in an informal discussion. Even if you were talking with your friends Mazdas expectation was you'd call it "Mazda Raceway", and that just isn't happening.

cg7aa · 17 Sep 2018, 22:23 (Ref:3851157)

I was quite surprised at what seemed like low attendance at the track, admittedly, this is just a view based on what I could see in the broadcast pictures but it's a real shame. Such a wonderful circuit and there was barely anyone there. Not really sustainable is it?

pach233 · 18 Sep 2018, 13:45 (Ref:3851276)

I think Laguna has had low attendance for years. Part of the Marshall Pruett's reasoning behind not having two NoCal Indy races at a time.

And yeah, it's Mosport, Laguna Seca and Sears Point for me. Sorry to the sponsors and I appreciate their support but I have trouble calling tracks by different names every so many years.

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